Africa
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 76 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,042since 1969
Africa over time
Rank among girls' names. Africa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,515 | 34 |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,510 | 62 |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Africa! It came in at #5,974, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Africa
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 173 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,917)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1972 at #1,325 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,016 girls born in 1972 were named Africa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.3% of all girls named Africa (441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #5,974 (1969) | #5,974 |
| 1970s | 441 | #1,325 (1972) | #2,149 |
| 1980s | 115 | #3,992 (1980) | #6,586 |
| 1990s | 193 | #3,892 (1994) | #5,378 |
| 2000s | 133 | #5,545 (2006) | #9,024 |
| 2010s | 99 | #7,840 (2017) | #10,520 |
| 2020s | 54 | #8,486 (2023) | #10,734 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Africa in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 217,329 of them was named Africa, which outranked 39.8% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,353Zana9
- #7,353Zanetta9
- #7,353Zeina9
- #7,987Africa8
- #7,987Aarin8
- #7,987Adrena8
- #7,987Agueda8
- #8,778Aarti7
- #8,778Aasha7
- #8,778Abilene7
Tied with 790 names at #7,987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.